Even as the right touts natalism and tradwife values , taking care of children in America has never been a more expensive or challenging proposition: a 2024 study conducted by the Department of Labor found that American families spend between 8.9% and 16.0% of their median income on full-day care for just one child. At least one state in the country, though, isn’t willing to accept the White House’s rollbacks on programs like Head Start ; in New Mexico, families will have access to no-cost universal childcare beginning in November.

Ahead of the initiative’s rollout, Vogue spoke to New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham about her own family’s struggles to afford childcare, her plans for making New Mexico a “cradle-to-career investment state,” and how she sees the Trump admi

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